Genetics can be a daunting topic. It can also be fascinating. This page is designed to get you to the topics which discuss various aspects of genetics that you are interested in. You can then find the topic which best explains it for you. It is broken down into simple genetics areas, so as to allow the beginner to search for the major theme they are looking for, without needing to know what the gene is actually called. A lot of the information in these links is available elsewhere on the web, but where a website has been used, it is referenced if possible. So, search below using the major topics to put you in the right direction.

Note for users - if its underlined, its a link, if not, it either hasnt been covered yet, or I havenet found it yet

Hi Raf, great sticky, Thanks! A couple of the links arent working down the page the Lavender and the Foot feathering links. It says the topics cant be found. Cheers, Wendy

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Love the forum! typo in website 1 under 'genetics theory' for definition of allele it has "One of two alternate forms of a gene that has the same locus on homologous chromosomes" should be 'multiple' as may be more than two, mark

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Love the forum! typo in website 1 under 'genetics theory' for definition of allele it has "One of two alternate forms of a gene that has the same locus on homologous chromosomes" should be 'multiple' as may be more than two, mark

Thanks Mark.

Yes, bad grammar

Maybe I'll change it to 'one of alternate forms of a gene....' - ie drop the 'two'

A definition I just read was "of a pair (or series)", but I think I'll skip defining plurals altogether.

Later on I emphasise that diploid organisms (eg chickens) can only have two alleles at any given locus (on homologous chromosomes), but that there may be multiple mutation alleles that may have occurred on some loci (eg E locus). Well I think I explain that better on the website .

Later on I emphasise that diploid organisms (eg chickens) can only have two alleles at any given locus (on homologous chromosomes), but that there may be multiple mutation alleles that may have occurred on some loci (eg E locus). Well I think I explain that better on the website .

No, that one is correct. You have one allele on the gene's locus on one chromosome and "another" allele on its sister chromosome.

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